Instructional Materials Ordering for the 2016−2017 School Year

SUBJECT: Instructional Materials Ordering for the 2016−2017 School Year

The educational materials
ordering system known as EMAT will close on April
8, 2016. School districts and open-enrollment charter schools should place
any orders for instructional materials needed for the 2015−2016 school year
before 5:00 p.m. CST on April 8, 2016. EMAT will reopen for districts to order
materials for the 2016−2017 school year on April 25, 2016.

Districts and open-enrollment
charter schools are required to certify annually to the State Board of
Education and the commissioner that, for each subject in the required
curriculum other than physical education, students have access to instructional
materials that cover all of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Districts and open-enrollment charter schools will be unable to order 2016−2017
instructional materials through EMAT until the certification has been received
by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).

Districts and open-enrollment
charter schools need to remember that they were awarded biennial funding in
September of 2015 for the 2015‒­2016 and 2016‒­2017 school years and will not
receive additional IMA funding until the 2017‒­2018 school year.

The required Instructional Materials Allotment and TEKS
Certification is available in EMAT. Step by step instructions to access and
process the form are available on the EMAT system start page.

The certification form must be
presented to the district or open-enrollment charter’s local board of trustees
or governing body. The superintendent, local board president, and board
secretary are required to sign the form before it is submitted to TEA. The
certification form can be scanned and emailed to the TEA instructional
materials mailbox at instructional.materials@tea.texas.gov

Districts may order accessible
instructional materials (AIM) for students with print disabilities through the
EMAT system at any time after successful submission of their Instructional Materials Allotment and TEKS
Certification. Braille, large type, and audio instructional materials
remain the property of the state and are not paid for through a district’s IMA.